Deuteronomy 29:20; Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 63:10; Job 31:21; Lamentations 2:4-7
Is he turned; he turneth - Or, “surely against me” hath he turned “his hand” again and again “all the day long.”
Lamentations 3. The Third Lament. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in La...
Now he says that God was an adversary to him; for this is what the verb ישב, isheb, means, he is turned against me. As an enemy, when int...
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. I am the man that hath seen affliction - Jeremiah's own affliction in the d...
I am the man ] The author is a representative sufferer, an eye-witness, and typical of Christ.
Zion's Hope in God's Mercy This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for...
Against me is he turned. — Better, against me He turneth His hand again and again, the first verb being one of frequentative action, and giving t...
THE MAN THAT HATH SEEN AFFLICTION Lamentations 3:1-21 WHETHER we regard it from a literary, a speculative, or a religious point of view, the th...
In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which...
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Surely against me i...
Surely against me is he turned ,.... As an enemy, who used to be a friend; he has so altered and changed the course of his providence, as if his fav...
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day. Ver. 3. Surely against me is he turned. ] Metaphora a colaphizantib...
Surely against me is he turned The course of his providence toward me is quite altered. He was formerly kind and gracious, but now exercises an aff...
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. B. C. 588....
The course of God's providence toward me is quite altered, his hand, that is, his power, which was wont to be with me, and for me, against my enemies...
In His Initial Despair The Prophet Bewails His Own Sad Condition ( Lamentations 3:1-18 ). In this section God is simply spoken of as ‘He', the onl...
EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (א) Lamentations 3:1 . The author writes as if his own person was the object on which all the troubles had been inflicted. I...
I am about to read a portion of Holy Scripture which may seem very strange to some of you, but it belongs to a part of the congregation, and I hope i...
The first part of this chapter is one of the saddest in the whole Book of God; yet I expect it has ministered as much consolation as some of the brig...
We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition....
The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look...
EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF...
A Lament over Grievous Sufferings
Surely against me is He turned, in continual and severe chastisements; He turneth His hand against me all the day, smiting without ceasing.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.